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As of September 14, 2016
On September 10, seniors Charlie Baldwin, Ethan Orchard
and Matt Woodruff competed against hundreds of swimmers
from all over the world in the Alcatraz Invitational Swim,
an open ocean swim across San Francisco Bay. Matt placed
second overall, and Charlie placed 15th overall in the men’s
category. In their age group, Matt came in first, Charlie came
in third, and Ethan placed in the top 20. At right (from left) are
Matt, Ethan and Charlie.
Jennifer Zhou ’17, a STARS (Students and Teachers
As Research Scientists) Research Scholar, received the
Partnership of Research Institutions’ Award for Excellence
in Research. Her paper titled “Combined Use of Cannabis
and Alcohol Among Young Adults” was the end product of six
weeks of of summer research under the direction Dr. Patricia
Cavazos-Rehg at Washington University in St. Louis.
As of August 12, 2016
Brandon Miller ’20 won the 800m at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Houston,
Texas, in early August by breaking a world record for 14-year-olds with a time of 1:51:23.
A camera crew was on campus in July to film Jessica Goldberg ’17, an Aim High teaching assistant and
co-founder (with Ethan Orchard ’17) of Performing for Pencils, which stages an annual high school
talent show to raise school supplies for disadvantaged students in St. Louis. Jessica was recently selected
as a recipient of the 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, which each year recognizes 15 U.S. teens for
exceptional leadership and engagement in service projects that seek to effect social change and solve
pressing community challenges. Each awardee receives $36,000 in support of his/her philanthropic
vision or to further his/her education.
William Howlett ’18 placed third nationally in the personal finance event held during the Future
Business Leaders of America conference in Atlanta.
From left, Kavitha Gnanarajah ’17, Jennifer Zhou ’17 and
Laura Butka ’17 completed all requirements for graduation
from the 2016 STARS* program and were named STARS
Research Scholars. Kavitha, Jennifer and Laura were among 90
St. Louis high school students selected for the 2016 summer
program. The late-July commencement marked the end of six
weeks of intensive science research under the mentoring of
leading local scientists from Array Bridge, Inc., Confluence
Discovery Technologies, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,
Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis and
the host institution, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
*Students and Teachers as Research Scientists
This list of student and faculty accomplishments is updated in conjunction with the mailing of the JBS
Parent Newsletter. Please send news of student achievements to Lynn Phelps at [email protected] for
inclusion in the next revision.